Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) (a) to (b) $1.45 billion has been allocated to the Regionally Tailored Primary Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund (the Medicare Locals Fund) to 2014-15:

(i) $217 million in 2011-12

(ii) $406 million in 2012-13

(iii) $410 million in 2013-14

(iv) $421 million in 2014-15

(2) (a) to (h) The funding that has been consolidated into the Medicare Locals Fund from 1 July 2011 is shown in the table below.

Note: Component figures are those that existed prior to the 2011-12 Budget and are notional from 2012-13 onwards (not indexed). As such, the sum of the component figures may not match the actual totals.

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